This is my first time posting a story to these forums. It is just the beginning, since I could go on for hours typing up a story, and there just isn't space for it here...maybe another time =P I just want to see what other think of my writing, since I am planning on starting a Journalism class next school year. I hope you like it! Bonus points to whoever knows who the first trader Marcus Cole is.
In the year 1823, the small neighborhood of Smithport untied with the nearby communities, creating what is known today as Paragon City, also known as the City of Heroes. There are many stories telling the tale of the development of Paragon City, the most popular and accepted of them describing the Stock market crash, the formation of the Freedom Phalanx, the Citizen Crime Fighting Act, the Fifth Column attack on Liberty Plaza, the Rikti Invasion, and everything in between. Sure, it all makes sense, but with the small amount of evidence out there, can any of this really, truly be proved? My name is Camo Fire, and I am here to tell you the story of my family, beginning with the life of my great great grandfather, Ernest Jacobson.
Ernest Jacobson was a normal citizen, living in Smithport from the time of his birth to the 1820s. He was born in the year 1802 to a very poor family. They lived as merchants, traveling through their hometown of Smithport and the neighboring communities. In the year 1823, the group of communities heard from an overseas trader, the first of the time, that there was a force in an unknown location called the Rogue Isles that was on its way to take over. The townsfolk didnt know whether or not to believe this trader, but they knew it was too great of a risk not to. They decided to get together and form Paragon City.
Soon after the oversea traders warning, he was found dead in his new small cabin, with a large bite make in his neck. The next day, another overseas trader came to tell them to disband their alliance because the forces from the Rogue Isles were not coming. No one believed this trader, named Gideon, and kept their alliance together. They later found that this was a smart idea, since this trader (who seemed to swim a bit too often) was found to be a fake.
One day, while taking a walk by the water, Ernest Jacobson saw Gideon swimming alone in the ocean. He wasnt exactly friends with this man, so he just walked by. Then he noticed an odd black sphere surfacing in the water near Gideon. When the sphere came out of the water, it opened- revealing a tall man with an odd mask and robotic arms coming out of his back. He overheard their conversation. Hello, Lord Recluse. Im glad to see you made it. Gideon seemed to have an odd smirk. It was a long journey, but I am here. Have you disbanded this alliance known as Paragon City? Gideons smirk turned to a frown. Umm..well, sir I
Dont tell me you didnt disband them! I should have you killed!
But sir, I killed that traitor Marcus Cole! But the villagers believed every word he said! They wouldnt believe me they thought I was trying to hurt them!
You are trying to hurt them! Now get back to that town and destroy that alliance! Get them against each other, get them to believe you, anything possible to stop their alliance. Our troops cant stop them if there are so many to fight at once. Go, Mako NOW!
Yes, sir. Ill stop them right away
Ernest was in shock. He couldnt believe what he had just heard. He had to tell the whole town, but Gideon, or Mako as this odd man Lord Recluse calls him, was already on his way to break them up. He had to do something..but what?
This is my first time posting a story to these forums. It is just the beginning, since I could go on for hours typing up a story, and there just isn't space for it here...maybe another time =P I just want to see what other think of my writing, since I am planning on starting a Journalism class next school year. I hope you like it! Bonus points to whoever knows who the first trader Marcus Cole is.
In the year 1823, the small neighborhood of Smithport untied with the nearby communities, creating what is known today as Paragon City, also known as the City of Heroes. There are many stories telling the tale of the development of Paragon City, the most popular and accepted of them describing the Stock market crash, the formation of the Freedom Phalanx, the Citizen Crime Fighting Act, the Fifth Column attack on Liberty Plaza, the Rikti Invasion, and everything in between. Sure, it all makes sense, but with the small amount of evidence out there, can any of this really, truly be proved? My name is Camo Fire, and I am here to tell you the story of my family, beginning with the life of my great great grandfather, Ernest Jacobson.
Ernest Jacobson was a normal citizen, living in Smithport from the time of his birth to the 1820s. He was born in the year 1802 to a very poor family. They lived as merchants, traveling through their hometown of Smithport and the neighboring communities. In the year 1823, the group of communities heard from an overseas trader, the first of the time, that there was a force in an unknown location called the Rogue Isles that was on its way to take over. The townsfolk didnt know whether or not to believe this trader, but they knew it was too great of a risk not to. They decided to get together and form Paragon City.
Soon after the oversea traders warning, he was found dead in his new small cabin, with a large bite make in his neck. The next day, another overseas trader came to tell them to disband their alliance because the forces from the Rogue Isles were not coming. No one believed this trader, named Gideon, and kept their alliance together. They later found that this was a smart idea, since this trader (who seemed to swim a bit too often) was found to be a fake.
One day, while taking a walk by the water, Ernest Jacobson saw Gideon swimming alone in the ocean. He wasnt exactly friends with this man, so he just walked by. Then he noticed an odd black sphere surfacing in the water near Gideon. When the sphere came out of the water, it opened- revealing a tall man with an odd mask and robotic arms coming out of his back. He overheard their conversation. Hello, Lord Recluse. Im glad to see you made it. Gideon seemed to have an odd smirk. It was a long journey, but I am here. Have you disbanded this alliance known as Paragon City? Gideons smirk turned to a frown. Umm..well, sir I
Dont tell me you didnt disband them! I should have you killed!
But sir, I killed that traitor Marcus Cole! But the villagers believed every word he said! They wouldnt believe me they thought I was trying to hurt them!
You are trying to hurt them! Now get back to that town and destroy that alliance! Get them against each other, get them to believe you, anything possible to stop their alliance. Our troops cant stop them if there are so many to fight at once. Go, Mako NOW!
Yes, sir. Ill stop them right away
Ernest was in shock. He couldnt believe what he had just heard. He had to tell the whole town, but Gideon, or Mako as this odd man Lord Recluse calls him, was already on his way to break them up. He had to do something..but what?